Edna May Is Dead

Edna May?

There was a time when people knew, whom many then considered to be, the globally-recognized No. 1 A-list entertainer celebrity in the world, Edna May Pettie. She was born in Syracuse, New York, 1878, and died in Switzerland in 1948.

If anyone now reading these words knows her name, that would be truly amazing.

The same can be said for many so-called stars and celebrities of the past; e.g. : Thomas Pope; Thespis; Eleonora Duse; Richard Perkins; Helena Modjeska; Helladia; Fanny Kemble; Ellen Tree; Henry Irving; Charlotte Cushman; Thomas Percival; Metrobius; and Quintilla. Today, not only are these folks no longer household names, they are virtually unknown on this earth.

For many reasons, there will be a similar story about every so-called “star,” headliner, “icon,” and top celebrity alive today. No one will think of them. No one will know their names. No one will care that they were once “somebody.”

Their earthly awards from their other celebrity friends who applauded as they were accepted – oscars, globes, emmys, palm d’ors, tonies, grammies – will be doorstops, sold on eBay, or stored away in a dark closet and utterly forgotten. The same for nobels and plitzers-each of these name begun with a lower case letter on purpose.

No one will know, and almost no one knows now, that Gale Sondergaard won the Academy Award for best supporting actress in 1937. Few even know her name. Who won the hundred meter dash at the 1908 Olympics? Who was Arfinn Bergmann? Who was the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1906?.

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So Does Any Award Matter? Can One Be the GOAT?​

I receive glory not from men. . . . How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek? (John 5: 41,44).

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Jesus, again and again, has told us about real stardom, real glory, real “legend” status.

If the world hates you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you. If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. (John 15:18-19).

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In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells us about the earthly status of John the Baptist and compares that to the heavenly celebrity of all who enjoy His kingdom: